Sad news coming out of Ohio on Monday night: Wally Bell, who just finished working the Cardinals-Pirates NLDS series last week, has passed away of an apparent heart attack, according to the Youngtown Vindicator. “One on my dearest friends,” fellow umpire John Hirschbeck told Youngstown’s WFMJ. “We worked together for 11 years. He was like…

It’s the time of the year for people to fret about attendance at ballparks of contending clubs. People shaming fans for not purchasing tickets in ways that they’d never think about shaming customers who declined to by any other product. Outside of baseball it’s usually the company’s fault for not marketing or pricing their product…

He’s almost in midseason form: Back to back throws through window in garage. Somethings never change!!#itslipped! twitter.com/wudeydo34/stat… — AJ Burnett (@wudeydo34) January 25, 2013 Granted, this would be a lot funnier if he hadn’t just had a decent season.